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To write," Marguerite Duras remarked, "is also not to speak. It is to keep silent. It is to howl noiselessly. — Terry Tempest Williams

Listen . Keep silent .
You are not gods mouthpiece.
Try to be an ear. — Rumi

I really don't want to encourage young writers. Keep them down and out and silent is my motto. — John Updike

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. — Napoleon Hill

One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions. — Cornelia Otis Skinner

No" in the room might signal to everyone that they should keep silent. — Sam Killermann

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. — Anatole France

She was unable to keep silent, even when silence would save her trouble or pain. — Erika Johansen

The freedom to speak is meaningless without the corollary freedom to keep silent. — Murray Rothbard

Silence can answer the question words may fail to answer. If you want to know what silence can do, keep silence! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Who waits until the wind shall silent keep Will never find the ready hour to sow. — Helen Hunt Jackson

However, he either could growl without meaning, like a monster, or stay silent and keep his ideas to himself. — J.M.K. Walkow

My great wish is to go on in a strict but silent performance of my duty; to avoid attracting notice, and to keep my name out of the newspapers. — Thomas Jefferson

Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long. — Elias Canetti

When someone gives you advice, just ask them to give it in writing and they will either keep mum or will run from there. — Amit Kalantri

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent. — Confucius

To be silent, to keep myself absolutely hidden, nothing else. — Rainer Maria Rilke

The real power of silence is to keep silent. The real power of silence is in the works of silence! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work. — Muriel Spark

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. — John Buchan

But if Satan speaks sometimes, God keep silent, always. We have to find the answers alone. — Rene Barjavel

Much they would like to share their joy at some triumph or their grief at some overwhelming sadness, it's always best and safest to keep silent. — Paulo Coelho

I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power. — Paul Ryan

Coolidge is the best living demonstration that, if you keep silent long enough, something fortunate may happen to you. — Ursula Parrott

Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong. — Hugh Allen

A man shall not boast of his keenness of mind, But keep it close in his breast; To the silent and wise does ill come seldom — Anonymous

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows. — Neil Gaiman

Grown-ups didn't seem to realize that for me, as for most other schoolboys, it was easier to keep silent than to speak. I was a natural oyster. — L.P. Hartley

Every man has at least one nightmare he'd like to keep to himself. — Amber Silvia

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie. — Victor Hugo

I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to myself. — Sadegh Hedayat

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean De La Bruyere

We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent. — Pierre Nicole